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FERDINAND E. GANDA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATERING APPARATUS FOR CATTLE-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,115, dated May- 17,1887.

(No model) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FERDINAND E; OANDA, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WateringApparatus for Cattle-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to apparatus for supplying water to cattle whilein transit on railroad-cars; and the invention consists in certaindevices or novel combinations of devices for the purpose,substantiallyas hereinafter shown and described, and a prominent feature of which isthe utilization as ducts for the c011- veyance of the water of thegrab-irons or hand-rails which are used on the roof of the car, wherebysaid irons or rails are made to perform a double function anddead-weight and expense are economizedn Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

Figure 1 represents a transverse vertical section of the body of acattle-car, in part, with my invention applied; and Fig. 2,alongitudinal elevation of the same, in part, with the side of the carremoved.

A indicates the body of a cattle-car of any suitable construction, andwhich is or may be fitted with separate troughs or man gers, 13,adjustable into or out of position for use; but these form no part ofthis invention, and any other form of mangers may be used.

The water is supplied to the mangers, as heretofore, from a tank orreceptacle, 0, on the roof b of the car. This tank, which may be placedin or 011 any suitable part of the roof or upper portion of the car, butpreferably on the center of the roof, is only designed as adistributing-tank, and therefore need be but of small dimensions andweight, so as not to give objectionable topheaviness to the car. Thewater may be supplied to said tank from time to time as required, eitherfrom a larger tank in or below the floor of the car, and be pumped up orotherwise conveyed therefrom by suitable appliances into thedistributing-tank as the latter requires replenishing, or, if desired,the water may be directly supplied to the tank on the roof by hose orotherwise, as required, from any suitable source or sources of supplyoutside of the car.

D D represent the grab-irons or handrails attached on or along the roofof the car. These irons or rails, however, which may be supported bystanchions a, differ from the ordinary grab-irons or hand-rails in beingmade tubular or constructed of tubes suitably plugged or stopped attheir ends, and having combined with them connections for supplying andregulating the supply of water from the rooftank O to the troughs ormangers within the car. Thus said irons or rails not only perform theirordinary functions as grabirons or hand-rails on the roof of the car,but also serve as ducts for conveying the water to the mangers asrequired.

To pass the water from the tank 0 to the several mangers B, connectionis established from opposite sides of the tank 0 by pipes E and couplingd with the tubular grab-irons or hand-rails D D, and separate branch ordip i es G arran ed at suitable LliSlJEtllGQSZlJZtlli p P 7 1 a 1 7connect with said irons or tubes D D,to convey the Water from said ironsor rails down to the mangers, a hand valve or cook, f, being provided toeach dip-pipe to open or shut off and to separately regulate the supplyof water to the several mangers.

By making the grabirons or hand-rails available as ducts for conveyingthe water to the mangers, separate main supply-pipes for conveying thewater to the dip-pipes are dispensed with, thereby reducing dead-weightand expense, without interfering with the ordinary functions of saidirons and rails as safety grip devices. The water ducts or connectionsbetween the tubular grab-irons or hand-rails and the tank will alsoserve as braces to stiffen or strengthen said iron. If desired, however,there may be only one supply connection from the tank on the roof withthe tubular grab-irons or hand-rails.

Instead of the dip-pipes which supply the mangers being directlyconnected with the tubular grab-irons or hand-rails, they might beindirectly connected therewith through auxiliary pipes or ducts inconnection with the tubular grab-irons or hand-rails. Furthermore, ifdesired, instead of there being asingle water supply or distributingtank on the roof of the car, there might be two or more of such tankswith suitable connections between them and the tubular grab-irons orhand-rails; or only'one tubular grab-iron or handrail may be used forsupplying by suitable connections the several troughs or mangers.

I am aware that it is not new to supply the interior of a stock-car atdifferent points with water obtained from a reservoir in or on the roofof a car by means of pipes or ducts connecting the said reservoir withthe interior of the car, and this, therefore, I do not claim; but in allsuch arrangements the several pipes used to convey the water, asdescribed, have been special devices for such purpose, answering noother purpose, and have added dead-weight to the car; This to a largeextent I obviate and reduce the number of pipes necessary, as well asdead-weight, while retaining the safety which grab-irons or handrails onor along the roof oft-he car afford, by making said safety grab-irons orhand-rails tubular, thereby adding to their lightness and utilizing themas mains for the conveyance of the water by combining with them simplebranch supply vand distributing pipes, thus doing away with a specialmain or one set of pipes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is p In a watering apparatus for cattle-cars,the combination, with the car and with a water tank or reservoir carriedby the car, of the tubular grab-irons or handrails on or along the roofof the car, one or more pipes adapted to convey the water from saidreservoir to said tubular grabirons, ducts or connections adapted topass the water from the tubular grab-iro11s and to distribute it withinthe car, and valves controlling such distribution, substantial] y asspecified, whereby the grab-irons are made to perform a doublefunctionnamely, the ordinary function of safety handrails'and theadditional function of mains or ducts for conveying the water-as setforth.

FERDINAND E. CANDA. Witnesses:

H. E. BRINKERHOF'F, O. SEDGWICK.

